ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend baseball team earned their third-consecutive sweep of Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) opponents on Wednesday, downing the Hilbert Hawks by double-digits in both games of the midweek doubleheader.
Final Scores:
Penn State Behrend 17, Hilbert 2
Penn State Behrend 10, Hilbert 0
Records: Penn State Behrend 17-9 (10-2 AMCC), Hilbert 13-15 (5-5 AMCC)
Game One Key Moments:
* The Lions were powered by a seven-run second inning after allowing a run in the bottom of the first
* Chase Palmer (Brookeville, PA/Brookville) drove in the first run for Behrend, knocking a single to the right side to score Mac Ciocco (Venetia, PA/Peters Township)
* It would be the first of three-straight RBI singles as Jon Berger (Wexford, PA/Pine-Richland) and Colin Harger (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler) followed by driving in a run each
* AMCC Player of the Week, Zack Bowen (Pittsburgh, PA/Serra Catholic) delivered a bases-clearing knock and scored later in the inning following a steal of third and an errant throw
* Isaac Stouffer (Punxsutawney, PA/Punxsutawney) led off the three-run ninth with a homerun for his third round-tripper of the season
* Behrend added eight more runs over the next three frames with Berger collecting his second and third RBIs of the game with a two-run single in the top of the fourth
* Starter Derrick Shields (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) went six innings, striking out eight and allowing a solo earned run
Game Two Key Moments:
* The Lions scattered 10 runs across five innings in the night cap with three runs scored in the seventh and ninth inning
* Behrend cashed in during the second inning with Juston Jones (Moon Township, PA/Moon) scoring on a triple off the bat of Palmer
* Palmer scored later in the inning via error to help the Lions take a 2-0 lead
* Palmer would score once again in the seventh following a lead-off single, ultimately crossing the plate on a Zac Bogats (Corapolis, PA/Moon) double
* Bowen added to the lead with a run-scoring triple, plating Bogats
* Jeff Zick (Moon, PA/Our Lady of Sacred Heart) went seven-strong innings, fanning 10 and limiting the Hawks to just two hits
* Joe Lang (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) relieved the Behrend starter, tossing the final two frames and striking out three
Noteworthy:
* Shields registered his 100th career strikeout as he struck out the side in his final inning of work in the game-one win
* Berger registered a three-hit ballgame in the front end of the doubleheader
* Bowen added three more hits to his season total over the two games
* Seven different players collected an RBI in game one
Up Next:
* The Lions will head to Allegheny College tomorrow for a non-conference tilt beginning at 4 p.m.
